Chronic Liver Disease in Ethiopia with a Particular Focus on the Etiological Spectrums: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Table 5
Bivariate and multivariate meta-regression analysis of factors associated with the heterogeneity of the three most commonly reported chronic liver disease etiology estimates among chronic liver disease patients in Ethiopia, 2021.
Variables
β-coefficient
95% CI
value
Bivariate regression
Hepatitis B virus
Age
0.0086
−0.0207, 0.0792
0.56
Sample size
0.0001
−0.0003, 0.0006
0.60
Hepatitis C virus
Age
0.0166
0.0049, 0.0283
0.01
Sample size
0.0001
−0.0002, 0.0003
0.68
Multivariate regression for hepatitis C virus estimate
